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County business: Richard Massey, Henry Wood

November 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Richard Massey and Henry Wood received a one-year license to peddle goods together, with separate trading excluded.

Kind of business
County business
Court
November 1798 term
People
Other dates
twenty seventh day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety Eight; twenty seventh day of November ensuing

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Minute book 5, page 477
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 1798 term
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).
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